Elteriš

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Elteriš was the first Kagan of the Second Empire of the Kök Turks in late ancient Central Asia . He ruled from 682 to about 691.

Elteriš (also Eltäriş Khan) was a name of honor and means the imperial collector , originally his name was Kutluğ (Ku-tuo-lu) . The name Kutluk Ilteris is also used.

Kutluğ / Elteriš was a descendant of the last ruler of the first eastern empire of the Kök Turks and belonged to the Ashina clan . The Turks did not want to accept submission to China, and in 679 a revolt broke out. Kutluğ was once a mercenary in the Chinese service, went with a few loyal followers to the Otüken area north of China and subjugated the neighboring tribes.

Kutluğ was appointed by the military leader Tonjukuk under the honorary name of Eltäriş Khan. Tonjukuk (also Tonyukuk) was the adviser to Elteriš, who, like other Turkish nobles of the time, had a Chinese education. He belonged to the A-shih-te clan . Elteriš appointed him supreme commander of his troops.

From 682 Elteriš subjugated the Kök Turks together with 16 allied tribes and relied in particular on the tribe of the Karluken . By 687 he had ruled most of the tribes of the former Eastern Empire.

He had two sons: the older Bilge Kagan and the younger Kültegin , who both also ran the empire.

After his death in 692 he was followed by his brother Qapagan as the second Kagan .

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Remarks

  1. ^ Jürgen Paul: Central Asia. Frankfurt a. M. 2012, p. 80f.
  2. ^ Edith G. Ambros / PA Andrews / Çiğdem Balim / L. Bazin / J. Cler / Peter B. Golden / Altan Gökalp / Barbara Flemming / G. Hazai / AT Karamustafa / Sigrid Kleinmichel / P. Zieme / Erik Jan Zürcher, article Turks , in Encyclopaedia of Islam , Brill, digital edition, section 1.1 The pre-Islamic period: the first Turks in history and their languages
  3. ^ Wolfgang-Ekkehard Scharlipp: The early Turks in Central Asia. Darmstadt 1992, p. 34.
  4. ↑ Denis Sinor: The legendary Origin of the Türks , in Egle Victoria Zygas, Peter Voorheis: Folklorica: Festschrift for Felix J. Oinas , p. 231
  5. ^ Jürgen Paul: Central Asia. Frankfurt a. M. 2012, p. 81
personal data
SURNAME Elteriš
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Ruler of the Gök Turks
DATE OF BIRTH 7th century
DATE OF DEATH at 692